RT Journal Article
T1 Quantum Dots as Components of Electrochemical Sensing Platforms for the Detection of Environmental and Food Pollutants: a Review
A1 Pedrero Muñoz, María
A1 Campuzano, Susana
A1 Pingarrón Carrazón, José Manuel
AB The determination of organic and inorganic environmental and food pollutants is a key matter of concern in analytical chemistry due to their effects as a serious threat to human health. Focusing on this issue, several methodologies involving the use of nanostructured electrochemical platforms have been recently reported in the literature. Among these methods, those employing the use of quantum dots (QDs) stand out because of features such as signal amplification, good reproducibility and selectivity, and the possibility for multiplexed detection, and because they preserve the outstanding characteristics of electrochemical methodologies with respect to simplicity, ease-of-use, and cost-effective instrumentation. This review describes recent electrochemical strategies, in which design QDs play a key role, for the determination of pollutants in food and environmental samples. The particular role of QDs in the reported methodologies, their preparation, and the electrochemical platform design, as well as the advantages that QDs provide in the analysis of target analytes, are critically discussed.
PB AOAC
SN 1060-3271
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18049
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18049
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 may 2024